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  • A Ghostly Undertaking

  • Ghostly Southern Mysteries, Book 1
  • By: Tonya Kappes
  • Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan
  • Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (128 ratings)

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A Ghostly Undertaking

By: Tonya Kappes
Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan
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A funeral, a ghost, a murder...It's all in a day's work for Emma Lee Raines...

Bopped on the head from a falling plastic Santa, local undertaker Emma Lee Raines is told she's suffering from "funeral trauma." It's trauma all right, because the not-so-dearly departed keep talking to her. Take Ruthie Sue Payne - innkeeper, gossip queen, and arch-nemesis of Emma Lee's granny - she's adamant that she didn't just fall down those stairs. She was pushed.

Ruthie has no idea who wanted her pushing up daisies. All she knows is that she can't cross over until the matter is laid to eternal rest. In the land of the living, Emma Lee's high-school crush, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, isn't ready to rule out foul play. Granny Raines, the widow of Ruthie's ex-husband and co-owner of the Sleepy Hollow Inn, is the prime suspect. Now Emma Lee is stuck playing detective or risks being haunted forever.

Contains mature themes.

©2013, 2015 Tonya Kappes (P)2019 Tantor
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Interesting Start of Series

It’s a cute little start to an unusual series. The woman who owns the funeral home sees ghost. This will be the start of her new life. She helped the Sheriff to solve a murder because of it!

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Loving Ghosts

This is such a light but captivating story with colorful characters. Narrators does great job with personalities and sounding believable.

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Love this narrator and this story!

Great book and my favorite narrator. Will continue listening to future books by this author.

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Good but predictable

I liked the book but when I guessed who did it after the first paragraph describing this person - I was a little disappointed.

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Great Story

This is such a fun story for those that like a to try and put on their own detective cap. Even when you think you know who the killer is there is some doubt that lingers. The author does a fantastic job of leaving readers wanting to jump right into the next book!

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The characters are engaging.

This book is enjoyable. The characters are engaging and the story line entertaining with several laughs out loud moments.

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OMG! !JUST

SUCH AN AMAZINGLY TOLD STORY, FUNNY SO FUNNY IN A TASTEFUL WAY. PPL READ THIS 1, TALK ABOUT A REAL.FEEL GOOD BOOK. I HAVENT LAUGHED IN A BOOK LIKE THIS IN SO VERY LONG. RUTHY SUE PAYNE I AMAZING N FUNNY. READ, YOULL NEVER REGRET THIS 1.1ST PAGE TI LAST. AND THE VOICE READING IS SUPER FITTINY SOUTHERN HAHAHA. FO RUTHY

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Great book!

I really enjoyed this book. The narration was great. The characters and plot are very entertaining. I’m happy to find this series and am about to start book 2. 🤗

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GOOD READ

I KNOW THIS SERIES HAS AT LEAST 7 BOOKS, AND I HOPE AUDIBLE PLANS TO RELEASE THE OTHERS. THE CHARACTERS ARE FUN WITHOUT BEING CORNY. THE DIALOGUE FLOWS WELL, AND THE MYSTERIES ARE INTERESTING. PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING.

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Fun Mystery

Emma Lee co-owns a funeral home with her sister. Emma recently suffered a head injury. Since the head injury, Emma can see ghosts not just any ghosts but ghosts who were murdered. Recently deceased Ruthie Sue died in what everyone believes was an accidental fall. However, Ruthie wants Emma to help find her killer. Everyone in town knows everything about everyone and gossip regularly. Most people in town believe Emma has a case of funeral trama and needs to seek medical help. Although Sheriff Jack Henry Ross finds Emma talking to no one, he doesn’t think Emma is nuts. Sheriff Ross believes Emma is truly speaking to Ruthie ghost and asks Emma to help in solving Ruthie’s murder.

This is a unique cozy mystery. The characters are wonderfully quirky. The plot moves at a quick steady pace with well-placed red herrings and misdirections. The mystery kept me engaged until the end, I was surprised at whodunit. There is plenty of humor included in this supernatural southern cozy. I listened to the audio version of the book and the narrator did a great job bringing the characters to life.

All thoughts and opinions are my own and in no way have been influenced by anyone.

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